Genesis 11:2:1Gen.11.2.W1PAT
וֽ͏ַיְהִ֖י
vayehi
“it happened”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-HI
- Extended
- vah-yeh-HEE
- IPA
- /waj.jəˈhiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- it happened
- French
- il arriva
- Spanish
- aconteció
- Portuguese
- aconteceu
- German
- geschah
- Russian
- случилось
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَحَدَثَ
- Hindi
- हुआ
- Chinese-Simplified
- 发生了
- Korean
- 일어났다
- Indonesian
- terjadi
- Bengali
- ঘটল
- Tagalog
- nangyari
- Swahili
- ikatokea
- Amharic
- ሆነ
- Yoruba
- ó ṣẹlẹ̀
- Igbo
- o mere
- Twi
- ɛbaa sɛ
- Ewe
- eva se
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-ye-HI
- clause
va-ye-HI be-na-se-AM mi-KE-dem
- sentence
va-ye-HI be-na-se-AM mi-KE-dem va-yim-tse-U vi-ke-AH be-E-rets shi-ne-AR va-YE-she-vu SHAM
In context — Genesis 11:2
it happened during their journeying from the east they found a broad plain in the land of Shinar they settled there
About this coordinate
Genesis 11:2:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 11:2, so the Hebrew word וֽ͏ַיְהִ֖י (vayehi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.11.2.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.11.2.W1.S1) and character.